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The 1st of many 1st's....... by HJ
... our dads and then we started crying!!!)
4) Drove through three states (Florida, Georgie and Alabama) in one day, changed time zones and actually went back in time by gaining an hour
5) Drank a starbucks coffee in Alabama
6) Made some friends in Alabama
...So today we have driven 650miles and we feel like rock stars!!!!
Leaving Florida was far easier than getting to into it... honestly, four wrong turns and we ended up in downtown Ghetto very nearly ...
Saladin's Castle (Qal'at Salah al-Din)
... The lords of Saone were amongst the most powerful in Antioch.The first lord of Saone, Robert or his son William, built the Crusader castle around the previous Byzantine fortifications. Most of what is evident today was built at this time. The Crusader walls were breached by the armies of Muslim leader Salah ed-Din in July 1188, and it is from this victory that the castle takes its present name.
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Crazy sea-side town
... they said it was closed but they decided to open up for us to look around. Really nice people. The taxi driver we had was really good though kept asking about babies! In Latakia we had some really crazy taxi drivers that loved to sing to me and laugh like madmen. The next morning I felt heaps better and we took a bus to ...
Following the Civil Rights march
... scenic, past cotton fields, dilapidated trailer parks, plantation houses and even a hillbilly mall. Eventually we got to Montgomery then followed the historic Selma to Montgomery marches which were protesting about ...
Surviving the Gauntlet
... on edge than I already was. And it wasn’t just deer tormenting me. It was possums and field mice too. And nearing Selma two turtles joined the fun. Like some macabre video game, an onslaught of crazed animals, bent on their own destruction, were throwing themselves in front of the car to test my nerves and driving skills.
After awhile I began to think that maybe I should just relax – if I hit one ...


